Developing Patient-Centered Measures of Physician Quality

Although choosing a physician is among the most important health care decisions one can make, rarely is it informed by objective data on quality. Attempts to fill this information void are hampered in part by a lack of knowledge about what patients actually want, need, and can understand. This project will summarize what is currently known about patients' preferences, conduct focus groups to determine information priorities, and ascertain the best means of communicating such information. The project team will also lay the groundwork for a set of physician quality measurements similar to those currently in use for managed care plans.
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Grant Details

Grantee Organization:
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Principal Investigator:
L. Gregory Pawlson, M.D., M.P.H.

Award Amount:
$296,583.00

Approval Date:
November 14, 2000

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The mission of The Commonwealth Fund is to promote a high-performing health care system that achieves better access, improved quality, and greater efficiency, particularly for society's most vulnerable, including low-income people, the uninsured, minority Americans, young children, and elderly adults.